Substituted aminohalopyridines

ABSTRACT

DISCLOSED AS NOVEL COMPOUNDS ARE AMINO AND HALO SUBSTITUTED PYRIDINES WHICH ARE FURTHER SUBSTITUTED WITH TRICHLOROMETHYL OR DICHLOROMETHYL GROUPS. THE COMPOUNDS HAVE UTILITY AT PESTICIDES AND FIND PARTICULAR USAGE AS FUNGICIDES, BACTERICIDES, INSECTICIDES AND PLANT GROWTH STIMULATANTS.

United States Patent 3,838,159 SUBSTITUTED AMINOHALOPYRIDINES Howard Johnston, Walnut Creek, Califi, assignor to The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Mich.

No Drawing. Continuation-impart of application Ser. No. 90,442, Nov. 13, 1970, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 880,422, Nov. 26, 1969, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. N 0. 807,979, Mar. 17, 1969, all now abandoned. This application Dec. 7, 1972, Ser. No. 313,187

Int. Cl. C07d 31/42 US. Cl. 260-296 R Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Disclosed as novel compounds are amino and halo substituted pyridines which are further substituted with trichloromethyl or dichloromethyl groups. The compounds have utility as pesticides and find particular usage as fungicides, bactericides, insecticides and plant growth stimulants.

CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 90,442, filed Nov. 13, 1970, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 880,422, filed Nov. 26, 1969, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 807,979, filed Mar. 17, 1969, now abandoned.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The novel compounds of this invention are substituted aminohalopyridines corresponding to one of the formulas NR1R2 R R N N z In this and succeeding formulae, X represents chlorine, bromine, iodine or fluorine; n represents an integer of l or 2; Z represents dichloromethyl or trichloromethyl; R represents hydrogen, loweralkyl of l to 4 carbon atoms or loweralkenyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms; R repesents hydrogen, loweralkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, amino, loweralkenyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyl; or both R and R taken together with the nitrogen atom represents pyrrolidino, piperidino or hexamethylenimino.

Loweralkyl, as employed in the present specification and claims, designates an alkyl group containing 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, namely, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, secondary butyl, n-butyl and isobutyl. Cycloalkyl designates cycloalkyl groups containing from 3 to 4 carbon atoms, inclusive, such as cyclopropyl and cyclobutyl. Alkenyl designates alkenyl groups, each of which contains from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, inclusive, such as vinyl, allyl and methylallyl.

For convenience of description, the compounds coming within the scope of the above formulas, as defined hereinabove, are referred to in the specification and claims as substituted aminohalopyridine compounds or simply as substituted compounds or substituted pyridine compounds.

The novel substituted pyridine compounds of this invention are white, beige or yellow crystalline or waxy solids or liquids, and they are generally insoluble or of low solubility in water and of moderate to high solubility in organic solvents such as acetone, benzene, xylene, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, dimethlformamide and dimethylsulfoxide. The compounds of the invention are Patented Sept. 24, 1974 Z Z X R1 1 Reaction Xn+1+ HN HX \R medium R2 wherein Z, X, n, R and R are as hereinbefore defined and NR R and Z also being in the ring positions as hereinbefore set forth.

In the ensuing reaction, there is formed the desired aminopyridine derivative together with hydrogen halide as a by-product. The reactants are customarily employed in molar proportions of about 1.5 to 4.0 moles of the nitrogen base for each mole of the pyridine reactant. The hydrogen halide formed during the reaction can be taken up by the excess of the non-pyridine reactant in the form of a salt. When ammonia or a gaseous or a low boiling liquid amine is the nitrogen base reactant, the reaction can be carried out at temperatures of about to 150 C. in a pressure vessel, i.e., bomb, at autogenous pressures for about /2 to 4 or more hours. In an alternative method, the gaseous nitrogen base is bubbled through a solution of the pyridine reactant in a solvent such as isopropanol or dimethylsulfoxide for /2 to 10 or more hours as reaction mixture is maintained at from about 60 to C. or at reflux. With other nitrogen bases, the reaction is carried out by mixing or stirring the reactants in a solvent such as toluene, ethanol, isopropanol, dimethylsulfoxide, benzene, dimethoxyethane or dimethylformamide at temperatures of from about 60 to C., or at reflux, for periods of from /2 to 24 hours or more. at the end of the reaction the desired compound can be recovered and purified according to conventional procedures. For example, the salt formed during the reaction can be filtered off when present as a solid or the reaction mixture can be washed with water to remove the salt. The desired pyridine derivative can then be further purified by recrystallization from a solvent, if desired.

Alternatively, the desired compounds of the present invention can be prepared from pyridine compounds which lack the number or kind of ring halogen atoms necessary to give the desired final product. In such procedures, a pyridine compound containing the desired Z substituent, but containing less than the number of halogen atoms necessary to give the desired final product, is first reacted with an appropriate nitrogen base (as hereinafter defined) under reaction conditions hereinabove set forth. The aminated product is thereafter halogenated to the desired final product employing conventional pyridine halogenation conditions such as those hereinafter set forth under the heading Preparation of Starting Materials.

By following the above procedure, products containing mixed ring halogen atoms can be easily prepared.

In many cases during the preparation of the compounds of the present invention, positional isomers of the desired compounds are inherently prepared in addition to said desired compounds. These isomers can be separated employing conventional techniques such as, for example, separative vapor phase chromatography, fractional crystallization, gel permeation chromatography, distillation and acid salt formation and many others which would be apparent to the skilled chemist.

In an alternative method, the compounds of the present invention wherein Z is dichloromethyl can also be prepared from the corresponding trichloromethyl compound by electrolytic reduction.

Suitable nitrogen bases which can be employed in the foregoing reaction, in addition to ammonia, include methylamine, ethylamine, n-propylamine, isobutylamine, sec.- butylamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine, diisopropylamine, ethylmethylamine, methylisopropylamine, methylsec.-butylamine, ethylpropylamine, and other dialkylamines; allylamine, methylallylamine, cyclopropylamine, cyclobutylamine, pyrrolidine, piperidine, 3-ethylpiperidine, 2-methylpiperidine, 3-methylpiperidine, 2,6-dimethylpiperidine, 4-ethylpiperidine, 2-ethylpiperidine, hexamethyleneimine and other non-aromatic heterocyclic amines and hydrazines.

The compounds of the present invention can be prepared by adaptations of procedures known to the skilled in the art. Thus, it is to be understood that modifications of other methods known in the art for the preparation of compounds having similar amino and amino derivative groups may be substituted for the above procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS O N 01 N In this operation 13.5 grams (0.05 mole) of 2,6-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and 8.3 grams (0.1 mole) of pyrrolidine are dissolved in 50 milliliters of hexane and the resulting solution refluxed, with stirring, for

2 hours. The insoluble pyrrolidine hydrochloride is filtered 01f and the filtrate is slurried with Norit activated carbon and Celite clay and filtered. The filtrate, on being cooled, precipitates out 12 grams of a tan colored crystalline product which has a melting point of 61 63 C. and is substantially insoluble in water and of good solubility in acetone and benzene. It is identified by infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods of analysis as 2 chloro 6 (1 pyrrolidinyl) 4 (trichloromethyl) pyridine. Elemental analysis discloses the product to have carbon, hydrogen, chlorine and nitrogen contents of 40.51, 3.62, 46.78 and 9.42 percent, respectively, as against theoretical values of 40.0, 3.34, 47.2 and 9.33 percent, respectively, for the subject compound.

EXAMPLE 2 2-Amino-6-chloro-4- trichloromethyl) pyridine Fifteen grams (0.06 mole) of 2,6-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyly)pyridine are placed in a glass-lined pressure vessel along with 40 milliliters of anhydrous ammonia. The vessel is sealed and heated at 10 C. for 2 hours under autogenous pressures. At the end of this time, the contents of the vessel are removed, excess ammonia is evaporated off. The light brown residue is Washed with water, dissolved in ethanol and treated with activated carbon. After filtration, water is added to the filtrate and the solution cooled to precipitate 11 grams of a light yellow crystalline product, having a melting point of 1101 12 C., which is substantially insoluble in water and of good solubility in acetone and benzene. This product is identified by infrared and NMR methods of analysis as 2 amino 6 chloro- 4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine. Elemental analysis discloses the product to have carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and chlorine contents of 29.19, 1.50, 11.34 and 57.78 percent, respectively, as against theoretical values of 29.0, 1.64, 11.5 and 58.8 percent, respectively, for the subject compound.

EXAMPLE 3 2-Amino-6-fluoro-4- (trichloromethyl pyridine In a preparation similar to that of Example 2, Z-amino- 6 fluoro 4 (trichloromethyl)pyridine, as a pale yellow crystalline solid melting from 75 -77 C., is prepared by heating together for 2 hours at C. in a pressure vessel, 2,6 difluoro 4 (trichloromethyl) pyridine and anhydrous ammonia. The compound is insoluble in Water and of good solubility in acetone and benzene.

EXAMPLE 4 2-Chloro-6- methylamino -4- trichloromethyl pyridine In this operation 10.6 grams (0.04 mole) of 2,6-dichloro 4 -(trichloromethyl) pyridine and 5.0 grams (0.16 mole) of methylamine are dissolved in 100 milliliters of ethanol, and the solution is heated under reflux conditions for 4 hours. The solution is cooled and poured into 300 milliliters of water, following which the solid material present is filtered olf, leaving the amine hydrochloride salt present in solution. The product is then taken up in hexane and recrystallized therefrom. There is recovered 5.5 grams of an off-white crystalline solid having a melting point of from 122123 C. which is substantially insoluble in water and of good solubility in acetone and benzene. This material is identified by infrared and NMR methods of analysis as 2 chloro 6 (methylamino) 4 (trichloromethyl)-pyridine. Elemental analysis discloses the product to have carbon, hydrogen, chlorine and nitrogen contents of 32.6, 2.2, 55.28 and 11.4 percent, respectively, as against theoretical values of 32.4, 2.31, 54.4 and 10.75 percent, respectively, for the subject compound.

EXAMPLE 5 1- (6-Chloro-4- (trichloromethyl) -2-pyridyl) hexamethyleneimine In this operation, 13.3 grams (0.05 mole) of 2,6-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and 9.9 grams (0.1 mole) of hexamethyleneimine are dissolved in 100 milliliters of toluene, and the mixture is heated for approximately 3 hours under reflux conditions. The solution is filtered to remove the solid imine salt present, following which the toluene present in the filtrate is distilled 01f. The remaining oily residue is taken up in hexane and the desired product is crystallized out of the hexane solution. The crystals are slurried in cold methanol and the remaining tan crystalline product is recovered by filtration. This material has a melting point of 75 C. and is insoluble in water and of good solubility in acetone and benzene. Infrared and NMR analyses establish the material to be 1-(6-chloro-4-(trichloromethyl)-2-pyridyl) hexamethyleneimine. Elemental analysis discloses the product to have carbon, hydrogen, chlorine and nitrogen contents of 44.2, 4.22, 43.04 and 8.67 percent, respectively, as against theoretical values of 43.7, 4.3, 42.8 and 8.53 percent, respectively, for the subject compound.

EXAMPLE 6 2-Chloro-6- (dimethylamino) -4- (trichloromethyl) pyridine (CHmN Cl 15.9 Grams (0.06 mole) of 2,6-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and 7.2 grams (0.2 mole) of dimethylamine (as a 40 percent aqueous solution) are added to 100 milliliters of dirnethylsulfoxide, and the resulting solution is heated for 2.5 hours at temperatures of from about 7285 C. The solution is cooled and poured into cold water. The solid product is filtered off, re-slurried with water and re-filtered to remove any remaining contained dimethylsulfoxide. The solid product recovered from this operation is taken up in hexane and stirred with sodium sulfate to remove Water and with Norit activated charcoal to remove colored impurities. The resulting mixture is filtered and the filtrate chilled to precipitate out the product (11.0 grams) as a white crystalline material melting at 83 84 C. which i insoluble in water and of good solubility in acetone and benzene. This prodnot is identified by infrared and NMR methods of analysis as 2 chloro 6-(dimethylamino)-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine. Elemental analysis discloses the product to have carbon, hydrogen, chlorine and nitrogen contents of 35.06, 3.12, 51.66 and 10.27 percent, respectively, as against theoretical values of 35.0, 2.92, 51.8 and 10.3 percent, respectively, for the subject compound.

EXAMPLE 7 In reactions carried out in a manner similar to that described in Example 6, the following compounds are prepared:

2 amino 4-chloro-6-(trichloromethyl)pyridine having a melting point of 7882 C., by the reaction of 2,4- dichloro-6-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and ammonia.

2 amino 6-bromo-4-(dichloromethyl) pyridine having a molecular weight of 255.94 by the electrolytic reduction of 2-amino-6-bromo-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine.

2 fiuoro 6-(methylamino)-4-(dichloromethyl)-pyridine having a molecular weight of 219.05 by the electrolytic reduction of 2-fluoro-6-(methylamino)-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine.

2 chloro 6-(allylamino)-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine having a molecular weight of 285.96 by the reaction of 2,6-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and allylamine.

2 amino 6-iodo-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine having a molecular weight of 337.33 by the reaction of 2,6-diiodo- 4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and ammonia.

2 brorno 6 (phenylamino)-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine having a molecular weight of 516.39 by the reaction of 2,6-dibromo-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and phenylamine (i.e. aniline).

2 chloro 6 (cyclobutylamino)-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine having a molecular weight of 299.99 by the reaction of 2,6-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and cyclobutylamine.

2 chloro 6-(cyclopropylamino)-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine having a molecular weight of 285.91 by the reaction of 2,6-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and cyclopropylamine.

6 EXAMPLE 8 2-Chloro-6- (ethylamino -4- (trichloromethyl) pyridine 2-Chlo ro-6- n-propy1arnino) -4- (trichloromethyl) pyridine I CaHrHNQCI In a manner substantially the same as that described in Example 6, 2-chloro-6-(n-propylamino)-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine, as a tan crystalline solid having a melting point of 8283 C., insoluble in water and of good solubility in acetone and benzene, is produced by reacting 2,6-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine with n-propylamine.

EXAMPLE 10 2-Chloro-6-hydrazino-4- (trichloromethyl) pyridine In this operation, 20.0 grams (0.08 mole) of 2,6-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and 10 grams (0.17 mole) of hydrazine hydrate are dissolved in milliliters of dimethoxyethane, and the solution is heated for 6 hours under reflux conditions. Some of the solvent is distilled otf and the remaining solution is cooled and poured into water. The resulting solid precipitate is filtered from the aqueous system and taken up in boiling benzene. The solution is dried and decolorized with sodium sulfate and activated carbon and filtered. A portion of the benzene is distilled off, hexane is added and the solution is cooled to induce formation of a white crystalline product. This material is recovered in the amount of 11.0 grams as a white solid having a melting point of 131132 C. which is substantially insoluble in water and of good solubility in acetone and benzene. It is identified by infrared and NMR methods of analysis as 2- chloro-6-hydrazino-4-(trichloromethyDpyridine. Elemental analysis discloses the prduct to have carbon, hydrogen, chlorine and nitrogen contents of 28.0, 1.8, 53.68 and 16.2 percent, respectively, as against theoretical values of 27.6, 1.73, 53.42 and 16.1 percent, respectively, for the subject compound.

EXAMPLE 1 1 2-Amino-6-bromo-4- (trichloromethyl) pyridine In a preparation similar to that of Example 2, 2-amino- 6-bromo-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine is prepared by heating together for one hour at 90 C. in a pressure vessel, 2,6-dibromo-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and ammonia. The said product compound is a beige colored solid having a melting point of 128 130 C. which is insoluble in water and of good solubility in acetone and benzene.

EXAMPLE 12 2-Amino-6-chloro-4- (dichloromethyl pyridine CHCI:

The foregoing compound is prepared by the electrolytic reduction of 2-amino-6chloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine, as hereinafter described. In a 400 milliliter beaker containing a 0.5 centimeter deep mercury layer at its bottom, is suspended, above the mercury, a permeable Alundum cup fitted in its center with a graphite rod. Appropriate electrical connections are made through a potentiostat so that the mercury pool functions as a cathode and the graphite rod as the anode. A saturated calomel reference electrode (SCE) is also suspended in the beaker. To the beaker is added a catholyte solution of 4.0 grams (0.02 mole) of 2-amino-6-chloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine in 200 milliliters of a mixture of equal parts, by volume, of methanol and dimethoxyethane, the solution also containing milliliters of water and 7.5 grams of ammonium acetate. To the Alundum cup (immersed in the catholyte) is added a methanol anolyte containing 10 percent water and 10 percent ammonium acetate. Electrolysis is carried out, with stirring of the mercury, for 2 hours at a cathode potential of -2.0 volts (with reference to the SCE) during which time 0.8 ampere per hour of current is passed. Vapor phase chromatographic analysis indicates the reaction is complete after said 2 hour interval. The catholyte solution is poured into 300 milliliters of water and extracted with three successive 100 milliliter portions of methylene chloride. Drying and evaporating the extracts gives 3.0 grams of colorless oil which solidifies on standing. This solid is recrystallized from a solution of 10 percent benzene in hexane to give 1.6 grams of off-white crystals having a melting point of 7983 C., said material being insoluble in water and of good solubility in benzene and acetone. Infrared and NMR analyses show the product to be 2-amino-6-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)- pyridine. Elemental analysis discloses the product to have carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen contents of 34.1, 2.3 and 13.3 percent, respectively, as against theoretical values for these components of 34.1, 2.4 and 13.2 percent, respectively, in the subject compound.

EXAMPLE 13 Z-Amino-3,5-dichloro-4=(trichloromethyl)pyridine 2-Chloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine is aminated with liquid ammonia in a bomb at 110 C. for 6 hours. Thereafter, the bomb is vented to evaporate off the excess ammonia and the remaining residue is slurried in cold water to remove any ammonium chloride present. The product is thereafter crystallized from a benzene-hexane solvent mixture. The crystallized product is dissolved in acetic acid and chlorine is added thereto, while keeping the temperature at about 20 C. The amount of chlorine added is slightly in excess of the stoichiometric amount needed. This chlorinated reaction product is allowed to stand for one-half hour and thereafter poured into cold water and the crude solid 2-amino-3,5-dichloro-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine product which precipitates is recovered Cl NH:

by filtration. The product is finally crystallized from a benzene-hexane solvent mixture. The product has a molecular weight of about 280.33.

In accordance with the present invention, it has been found that the substituted aminohalo pyridine compounds are useful as pesticides for the control of many bacterial, fungal and insect pests. A particular advantage of the present invention is that the compounds are of low toxicity to mammals and to most higher plants thus, they are also useful as agents for the control of various parasites which infect the intestinal tract of warm blooded animals. In addition, they can be applied to many plants and plant parts for fungal control without significant injury to the plants. Thus, they can be applied to the aerial portions of growing plants to control leaf-attacking fungal organisms and dispersed in the soil to control the root-attacking organisms.

Surprisingly, the compounds of the present invention have been found to be useful in growth stimulation of many plants which have been attacked by fungal organisms and also on disease free plants. Such growth stimulation is seen in an increased rate of emergence, higher stand counts, increased plant vigor, increased crop yields and earlier plant maturity. The compounds can be employed as pesticides by distributing the compound in a pesticidally-etfective quantity and usually in the form of a composition containing adjuvants to aid in dispersing the same, so as to contact directly the organism to be controlled or, alternatively, so as to contact the growth medium or habitat of the organisms whereby eventual contact with said organisms will be established. For the control of bacterial and fungal pests, the active chemicals are applied in the form of compositions containing from 5 to 500 or more parts of the chemical per million parts by weight of the composition. In the control of other pests, a pesticidal amount which is also an anthelminticidal amount is used.

For such bactericidal, fungicidal and other pesticidal applications, the active compounds can be employed in an unmodified form or in the form of a liquid or finely divided solid composition. Thus, the compounds can be dispersed in a finely divided solid and employed as dusts. The compounds and such solid dispersions can also be dispersed in water with or without the aid of a surface active agent and the resulting aqueous suspensions employed as drenches or sprays. In other procedures, the compounds are employed as active constituents in solvent solutions, oil-in-water or water-in-oil emulsions or aqueous dispersions. The augmented compositions are adapted to be formulated as concentrates and subsequently diluted with additional liquid or solid adjuvants to produce the ultimate treating compositions.

For plant growth stimulation applications, the active compounds can be employed in an unmodified form or in the form of a liquid or finely divided solid composition. These compositions are prepared in the same manner as hereinabove set forth.

The plants can be contacted by the active compounds at any stage of plant development employing one or more applications. The application of the active compounds to the plants can be by conventional techniques of foliar spraying, soil treatment or by seed or propagative root treatment.

The exact dosage of the active compounds employed can be varied depending upon the specific plant, hardiness of the plant and the mode of application. Generally, the active ingredient should be present in an amount equivalent to from about 0.0005 pound to about 4 pounds or more of active ingredient on a per acre basis.

In one operation, 2-amino-6-chloro-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine when applied as the sole plant growth stimulant and as an aqueous dispersion to both cotton seeds and corn seeds at a dosage rate of 2 ounces per pounds of seeds was found to give from about a 15 to 25 percent increase in plant height of cotton plants and from about a 25 to 50 percent for corn plants after 6 weeks of growth of seeds planted in plant disease free soil.

In another operation, 2 amino-6-chloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine when applied as the sole plant stimulant as an aqueous dispersion to Marrel pea seeds at a dosage rate of 1 ounce per 100 pounds of seeds was found to give about a 70 percent increase in seed emergence for seeds planted in soil containing the organism Pythium ultimium.

In other representative operations, the compounds 2- amino-6-bromo-4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine, 1-(6-chloro- 4-(trichloromethyl)-2 pyridyl)hexamethyleneimine, and 2-amino-6-fiuoro-4 (trichloromethyl)pyridine each gave 100, 75 and 90 percent, respectively, kill and control of two-spotted spider mites when employed as the sole toxicant in aqueous treating compositions at a concentration of 500 parts per million by Weight of the ultimate compositions.

In another operation, the compounds 1-(6-chloro-4- (trichloromethyl 2 pyridyl)hexamethyleneimine and 2- chloro-6-(methylamino) 4 (trichloromethyl)pyridine each gave 90 and 100 percent, respectively, kill and control of yellow fever mosquito larvae when employed as the sole toxicant in aqueous treating compositions at a concentration of 1.0, 5.0 and 1.0, respectively, parts per million by weight of the ultimate compositions.

In an additional operation, 2 amino-6-fluoro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine was found to give 84 percent kill and control of Southern army worm when employed as the sole toxicant in an aqueous treating composition at a concentration of 500 parts per million by weight of the ultimate composition.

In another representative operation, the compounds 2-chloro-6-(ethylamino) 4 (trichloromethyl)pyridine and 2-chloro-6-(l pyrrolidinyl) 4 (trichloromethyl) pyridine each were found to give 100 percent control of the roundworms Haemonchus ssp, Trichostrongylus ssp, Cooperia ssp, Ostertagia ssp. Esophogastomum ssp and Bunostomum ssp when employed as the sole toxicant to treat cultures of the said roundworms in the egg stage at a concentration of 300 parts per million by weight of said culture; said control being the prevention of maturation of said eggs into larvae.

In other representative operations, each of the compounds 2-amino-6-fluoro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine and 2amino-6-bromo4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine, when employed as the sole toxicant in a nutrient agar at a concentration of about 500 parts by weight of the compound per million parts of agar, was found to give 100 percent kill and control of Trichophton mentagrophytes, a causative agent of athletes foot and ringworm. In further operations, each of the compounds 2-amino-6-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)pyridine, 2-chloro 6 (dimethylamino)-4- (trichloromethyl) pyridine, 2-chloro 6 hydrazino-4- (trichloromethyl pyridine, 2-chloro-6- (methylamino -4- (trichloromethyl)pyridine and 2-chloro 6 (ethylamino(4- (trichloromethyl) pyridine was found to give 100 percent kill and control of Trz'chophton mentagrophytes at a concentration of 100 parts by weight of the compound per million parts of the nutrient agar.

In other operations, each of the compounds 2-amino-6- chloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine, Z-amino 6 fluoro- 4(trichloromethyl)pyridine, 2 chloro 6 hydrazine-4- (trichloromethyl)pyridine, 2 amino '6 chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)pyridine and 2-amino-6-bromo 4 (trichloromethyDpyridine, when employed as the sole toxicant in a nutrient agar at a concentration of about 500 parts by weight of the compound per million parts of agar, was found to give 100 percent kill and control of Staphylococcus aureus, a causative agent of boils. Similarly, at the same concentrations, each of the compounds 2-amino-6-fluoro 4 (trichloromethyl)pyridine and 2- amino-6-chloro 4 (dichloromethyl)pyridine were found to give 100 percent kill and control of Candida albicans, a causative agent of infectious yeast. In another operation, employing the same concentration, the compound 2- 10 chloro-6- (methylamino) -4- (trichloromethyl pyridine was found to give percent control of Salmonella pullorum, a causative agent of poultry intestinal infections.

When applied at a dosage level of from about 100 to 1,000 parts per million, each of the compounds of the present invention, the utility of which is not specifically recited above, has the ability to kill, inhibit or other-wise control one or more of the aforementioned or other fungal, bacterial or parasital pests.

PREPARATION OF STARTING MATERIALS The pyridine compounds substituted with one, two or three ring chlorine atoms and a dichloromethyl or trichloromethyl substitutent for use as starting material in preparing the corresponding monoor dichloroderivative compounds of the present invention can be prepared by contacting an appropriate methylpyridine and hydrogen chloride at temperature of about 50 C. to produce a liquid methylpyridine hydrochloride composition and thereafter passing chlorine gas through the liquid mixture at temperatures of about 95 110 C. while irradiating the mixture. The desired mono chloro, dichloroor trichloro-substituted (dichloromethyl) and (trichloromethyl)pyridine compounds can then be distilled from the reaction product. In another preparation, these pyridine compounds can be prepared by rapidly mixing, in the vapor phase, chlorine, an appropriate methylpyridine compound and an inert diluent and subjecting the mixtuer to temperatures of about 400490 C. for a brief contact time. The desired products can then be distilled from the resulting product stream. Having produced the foregoing ring substituted mono ch1oro-, dichloroor trichloropyridine compound starting materials, the corresponding ring substituted bromo products can be obtained by known methods wherein the appropriate chloro product is reacted with hydrogen bromide in an appropriate solvent. Thus, in an acetic acid solvent, the solution is heated at reflux C.) for several hours, following which the mixture is poured over ice to precipitate the desired product which can then be recovered and purified by conventional means. The corresponding ring substituted fluoro compounds are obtained by reacting the appropriate chloro compound with potassium fluoride in a suitable solvent, e.g., dimethylformamide, heating the solution at C. for 6 to 12 hours, followed by appropriate recovery operations. The corresponding ring substituted iodo compounds are obtained by reacting the appropriate chloro compound 'with sodium iodide in an appropriate solvent. Thus, in a solvent such as dimethylsulfoxide, the mixture is heated at l001 10 C. for about 20 hours, following which the mixture is poured into water to precipitate the desired product which can then be recovered and purified by conventional procedures. In one such procedure, the desired product can be separated from the water by filtration and the crude solid product subjected to fractional crystallization from a solvent such as benzene.

What is claimed is:

1. The substituted aminohalopyridine compounds corresponding to one of the formulas wherein X represents chlorine, bromine, iodine or fluorine; n represents an integer of 1 or 2; Z represents dichloromethyl or trichloromethyl; R represents hydrogen, loweralkyl of l to 4 carbon atoms of loweralkenyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms; R represents hydrogen, loweralkyl of l to 4 carbon atoms, amino, loweralkenyl of 2 to 4 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyl; or both R and R taken together with the nitrogen atom represents pyrrolidino, piperidino or hexamethylenemine.

2. The compound as defined in Claim 1 which is 2- amino-6-chloro-4-(trichloromethyl)pyridine.

3. The compound as defined in Claim 1 which is 2- amino-6-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)pyridine.

4. The compound as defined in Claim 1 which is 2- amino-6-bromo-4- (trichloromethyl pyridine.

5. The compound as defined in Claim 1 which is 2- chloro-6- (methylamino) -4- trichloromethyl) pyridine.

6. The compound as defined in Claim 1 which is 2- amino-4-chloro-6-(trichloromethyl)pyridine.

7. The compound as defined in Claim 1 which is 2- amino-6-fluoro-4- (trichloromethyl pyridine.

8. The compound as defined in Claim 1 which is 2- ch1oro-6-(l-pyrrolidinyl) 4 (trichloromethyl)pyridine.

9. The compound as defined in Claim 1 which is 1-(6- chloro-4-(trichloromethyl) 2 pyridyl)hexamethyleneimine.

10. The compound as defined in Claim 1 which is 2- ch1oro-6-(dimethylamino) 4-(trichloromethyl) pyridine.

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ALAN L. ROTMAN, Primary Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R.

2222 23 STATES PATENT OFFICE CE RTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 33 5 Dated September 24, 1974 Invent Howard Johnston It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 1, line correct spelling of "dimethylformamide"; Column 2, line l5, the formula should appear as follows:

1 Z n I l 2' ::2:; /R l R Z Column 2, line 4"2 initial cap on "At" since itg'bjeginspa sentence; Column 3, line 6i5, correct spelling of "methyl"; Column 3, line 67, change "10" to 100 Column 6, lin 60, correct spelling of"'pro duct I Column 9, line 1-9, insert a closing parenthesis mark after (trichloromethyl";

Column 10, line 15, correct spelling of "substituent";

Column 10, lines 29-30, correct spelling of "mixture";

Column l0, line '71., change "of" to or iin second occurrence;

Signed and sealed this 21st day of January 1975.

(SEAL) Attest:

McCOY GIBSQN I C. MARSHALL D'ANN Attesting Officer Commissioner of Patents 

